For Sure! (Woody Shaw album)

For Sure!
Studio album by Woody Shaw
Released	1980
Recorded	December 17, 18, 20 & 27, 1979; CBS 52nd Street Studio B, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:34
Label	Columbia ; JC 35977
Producer	Michael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology

Last updated February 20, 2021

For Sure is an album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1979 and released on the Columbia label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "There are originals performed by Shaw, Singh, Willis, and Lewis, but it is the trumpeter's feature on "We'll Be Together Again" with the strings that ends up being most memorable".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

"We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 5:44
"OPEC" – 5:24
"Time Is Right" (Judi Singh) – 4:27
"Ginseng People" – 5:30
"Why?" (Victor Lewis) – 4:51
"Joshua C." – 7:11
"Isabel the Liberator" (Larry Willis) – 8:27
"Teotihuacan" (Stafford James) – 7:15 (on Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection only)

Recorded at the CBS 52nd Street Studio B in New York City on December 17 (tracks 3 & 5), December 18 (track 7), December 20 (track 4), and December 27 (tracks 1 & 2), 1979 with overdubbed strings recorded on January 4, 1980
For Sure! was reissued on Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection in 2011.

Personnel

Woody Shaw – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Spaulding – flute (tracks 3, 5 & 7)
Gary Bartz – alto saxophone (tracks 2, 3, & 5–7)
Carter Jefferson – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 3–8)
Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 3–7)
Steve Turre – trombone, bass trombone (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7)
Larry Willis – piano
Stafford James – bass
Victor Lewis – drums
Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (tracks 3, 5 & 7)
Judi Singh – vocals (tracks 3 & 5)
Gayle Dixon, Winterton Garvey – violin (tracks 1 & 3)
Maxine Roach, Veronica Salas – viola (tracks 1 & 3)
Akua Dixon, Richard Locker – cello (tracks 1 & 3)

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References

↑ Woody Shaw discography Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessed August 23, 2013
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 23, 2013
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 178. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[1] Woody Shaw discography Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessed August 23, 2013

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 23, 2013

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 178. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	In the Beginning (1965) Blackstone Legacy (1970) Song of Songs (1972) The Moontrane (1974) San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975) Love Dance (1975) Little Red's Fantasy (1976) Woody Plays Woody (1976–77) The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976) Rosewood (1977) The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977) Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978) Woody III (1978–79) For Sure! (1979) United (1981) Lotus Flower (1982) Master of the Art (1982) Night Music (1982) Setting Standards (1983) The Time Is Right (1983) Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985) Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985) Dr. Chi (1986) Bemsha Swing (1986) Solid (1986) Imagination (1987) In My Own Sweet Way (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
With others	Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969) Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971) Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972) Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973) Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973) The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971) Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966) The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969) Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969) Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Tex Book Tenor / Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968) Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976) The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977) If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970) Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70) Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969) Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973) Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974) Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974) 'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967) Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967) Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968) Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970) Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970) The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965) The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966) Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967) Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972) Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968) The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986) The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986) Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967) Unity (Larry Young, 1965) Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)
Box-sets	Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011]) Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])